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Half Empty / Half Full

[gafferbear.livejournal.com]

My glass is neither half empty or half full; it is twice as large as it needs to be. This third option is the "Realist's" option; the glass being half empty of full tells us about its contents, but not the glass itself.

One of my therapists, several years ago, offered me the following gem, and I offer it to you, because I answered that positive thinking is usually helpful and also unrealistic, and that negative thinking is realistic and a hindrance:

"Depressed people more often have an accurate view of reality than happy people. Happy people are often deluding themselves far more efficiently than depressed people."

Is there room for a balance?

Re: Half Empty / Half Full

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

My stance on whether the glass is half empty or half full has traditionally been that it depends whether one is drinking or pouring...